User blog comment:LegionZero/Nero's Parallels to Vergil and Sparda/@comment-72.218.90.59-20140905202554/@comment-72.218.90.59-20140910020741

It was never stated it was 10 years after DMC 3.

Have you forgotten that Dante was around 28 year of age in The Animated series. While DMC 1 only take place a year or Two before the Animated Series.